I paint my country in my own style. We have so many beautiful flowers that are watered by the rains. The Pilbara is a place of many beautiful colours.
Name: Danii Rae Wilson
Language: Yindjibarndi, Ngaymil
Biography:
Danii-Rae was born in Hedland and grew up in Roebourne with her mum and dad. Her parents would take her out bush, fishing, camping out, hunting, learning stories about the Country and how to speak her language.
When she finished year 12, she went straight to TAFE. She joined the Yinjaa-Barni Art Centre to do work experience from her education support class in 2015 and has been painting here as an artist ever since.
Danii-Rae likes painting flowers, sea-life, such as fish and turtles, and parrots. She loves to paint and keep her mind calm and relaxed. She chooses bright colours and has developed a unique and quirky contemporary style of her own.
Danii-Rae has two daughters. She enjoys taking them out to dinner and out to Woolshed (Cheeditha) to see all the families.
Marni The Pilbara is a land of many beautiful colours. Its beauty blends into the mother earth and against the red, purple hills in the distance.In time and season, the yellow Wattles, Mulla and Sturt Read more…
Seeds and Waterways After the rains in the wet season, the waterways are full and the seeds are ready to come up.
Our Culture Every year around summertime we Yindjibarndi people don’t use other instruments like didgeridoo or tapping sticks. We only use boomerangs and sticks to sing our songs sitting around a circle.